(07 Apr 2021, 7:44 pm)Cobalt271 wrote Ashington can't afford to lose any Buses as it is for a start, the X18 Summer TT is about to kick in. Blyth are receiving 1461,62,63 alongside 1481,2 & 3.

I'll let you into a little secret. I have already seen the allocation that was circulated internally at Arriva today.

Ashington are losing 1407 plus their two Streetlites.
1481 and 1482 are X12 branded and are going to Stockton (due to a short term transfer of work), not Blyth. 1483 is staying at Durham, as that is also X12 branded.

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(07 Apr 2021, 7:59 pm)Storx wrote For the sakes of keeping things together you'd think they'd send 1579/1580 to Jesmond with 1408/1411 moving to Blyth instead since Jesmond don't need them currently since the X16 doesn't exist and Blyth has a tonne of MAX routes and it keeps all the Streetlite Max's in the eco livery together.

Ive been told that those two are earmarked to replace the Omnicities at Ashington eventually. The X16 is still, on paper, "temporary" cancelled between Newcastle and Morpeth.

All of the Eco branded stuff, including Darlington gas buses are planned refurbishment this year.